The Look of Silence is Oppenheimers staggering follow-up. It was made roughly in tandem with The Act of Killing (and sourced from the same research) and is the film for those who feel the director didnt go far enough. A superior work of confrontational boldness, it might be the movie Oppenheimer wanted to make in the first place. Again, we sit with the perpetrators, who speak of drinking their victims blood or knifing hundreds of people down by a river. Shamelessly, a pair of ex-militia men make their way through the reeds and smile for photos at the site. But this time, the provocative presence of Adi, an optician whose older brother was among those killed, makes everyone squirm. Efficiently examining their eyes for glasses, Adi is an unassuming interrogator, but his soft-spoken claims are explosive, drifting into dangerous territory that would have had him targeted not long ago (as with the earlier film, many crew members are anonymous in the credits). One excruciating exchange has a death-squad leader first bragging of his regional command, then guiltily walking back his statement in the glare of accusation, then rebounding with fury. Read more: timeout/us/film/the-look-of-silence
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 06:49:46 +0000
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